染みる

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 6
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
沁みる
滲みる
浸みる
泌みる

Etymology

From Old Japanese 染む (to dye).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「染みる
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
染みる みる
Imperative (命令形) 染みろ みろ
Key constructions
Passive 染みられる みられる
Causative 染みさせる みさせる
Potential - - -
Volitional 染みよう みよ
Negative 染みない みない
Negative perfective 染みなかった みなかった
Formal 染みます みま
Perfective 染みた みた
Conjunctive 染みて みて
Hypothetical conditional 染みれば みれ

Verb

()みる (shimiruintransitive ichidan (stem () (shimi), past ()みた (shimita))

  1. soak in, soak into
  2. cold to pierce, cold to bite, part of the body to ache, sting

Conjugation

Suffix

()みる (-jimiruichidan (stem () (-jimi), past ()みた (-jimita))

  1. (with a noun) to be soaked in
  2. (with a noun) to be like

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